Couple Therapy When One Spouse Has Cancer: Integration of EMDR and Relationship Enhancement Therapies (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
A couple therapy treatment developed by Johnson and Moore (2012, 2014) can be used for couples facing medical challenges.
EMDR and CBT: A Comparative Clinical Study With Oncological Patients (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Value of trauma-focused treatment for patients with cancer & suggests the usefulness of applying EMDR therapy in an oncological setting.
Cultural Competence and Healing Culturally Based Trauma With EMDR Therapy: Innovative Strategies and Protocols, 1st Edition (Springer, 2016)
This book offers innovative protocols and strategies for treating socially based trauma within the EMDR model.
The relative efficacy of bona fide psychotherapies for post-traumatic stress disorder: a meta-analytical evaluation of randomized controlled trials (BMC Psychiatry)
Trauma focused treatments, prolonged exposure and exposure therapies were slightly more efficacious than other therapies in PTSD treatment.
The effects of eye movements on emotional memories: Using an objective measure of cognitive load (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
This study found that recalling an aversive memory with eye movements reduces its vividness and emotionality more than recall alone or unrelated effort, although it does not immediately reduce the cognitive load of recalling the memory.
Blurring emotional memories using eye movements: Individual differences and speed of eye movements (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
This study found that dual-task interventions (eye movements) reduce memory vividness and emotionality more than no task, with greater effects from higher cognitive load, but tailoring eye movement speed to an individual’s working memory capacity does not improve outcomes.
Pediatric seizure-related posttraumatic stress and anxiety symptoms treated with EMDR: A case series (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
This study examined the potential effects of EMDR therapy in children with epilepsy-related posttraumatic stress and/or anxiety symptoms, using a case series design.
Self-esteem treatment in anxiety: A randomized controlled crossover trial of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) versus competitive memory training (COMET) in patients with anxiety disorders (Behaviour Research and Therapy)
Study comparing EMDR vs. Competitive Memory Training (COMET) for low self-esteem in patients with anxiety disorders.
Case study: Play therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for pediatric single incident posttraumatic stress disorder and developmental regression (International Journal of Play Therapy)
Case study describes a successful 5-month EMDR pediatric treatment for PTSD arising from a single incident trauma.
The efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for posttraumatic stress disorder and depression among Syrian refugees: Results of a randomized controlled trial (Psychological Medicine)
EMDR may be effective in reducing PTSD and depression symptoms among Syrian refugees with PTSD located in a refugee camp.
Prolonged exposure and EMDR for PTSD v. a PTSD waiting list condition: Effects on symptoms of psychosis, depression and social functioning in patients with chronic psychotic disorders (Psychological Medicine)
In patients with chronic psychotic disorders prolonged exposure (PE) and EMDR not only reduced PTSD symptoms, but also paranoid thoughts.
Letter to the Editor: Treating post-traumatic stress disorder by resource activation in Cambodia (World Psychiatry)
An RCT for the treatment of PTSD in Cambodia, with one group utilizing resourcing strategies based on EMDR resource development and installation (RDI) and the other group a waitlist.
